We did it!
‘OUR PTA SCARECROW HUNT RAISED £1,060 TOWARDS A NEW CLIMBING FRAME’
‘Our school has 300 pupils, aged 7 to 11, of whom 20% come from disadvantaged backgrounds and 12% have additional needs. It is a lovely school with a strong community ethos, and a wide-ranging catchment around Downend, Staple Hill and Fishponds in Bristol. Our school site is used by Christ Church Infants School, as well as cubs, scouts, beavers and sports clubs. In 2019, the school council,
consisting of class reps from every year group, surveyed our pupils about what they wanted. The overwhelming response was: “More things to do and play on at playtimes.”
6 AUTUMN 2021 FundEd Currently, the school playground
and field have very little climbing equipment. The ‘trim trail’ is more than ten years old and contains wood that is rotting and in constant need of replacement. The past year has been so tough that we felt our children needed something fun to look forward to. So, in response to the pupil survey, the junior school PTA decided to fundraise for an exciting giant wooden clamberstack, while the infant school PTA is raising money for a number of additional outdoor play structures. These goals are supported by both the infant and junior school headteachers, Anna Martin and Pippa Osborne.
Play has many benefits, helping
our pupils develop social skills and increasing their self-esteem, as well as improving physical and mental health and promoting imagination, independence and creativity. So we felt it was worth investing in a £23,000 clamberstack which is 91.5 square metres and has three nets and a climbing wall. The climbing frame is accessible to children with mobility limitations or who use wheelchairs, so every child can benefit.
‘The past year has been so
tough on our children that we felt they needed something to look forward to’
How Christ Church Junior School is involving its community in fundraising for play equipment and, overleaf, how St Joseph’s Catholic School walked for WiFi
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